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 Wisdom Books Newsletter 9th September 2011 : Iss 109This September newsletter is our regular monthly round up of all that is new on the site. Our lead title is Natural Appearances, Natural Liberation, a commentary on the six bardos which has many teachings of the Nyingma tantric tradition embedded in it. We also now have available for purchase the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, a major new translation of Dogen Zenji's Shobogenzo. This finely produced, 2 volume boxed set includes a wealth of materials, and as a bonus, the most renowned of his essays, Recommending Zazen to All People. There are also plenty of other great new releases this including the new paperback edition of Rebel Buddha, by the popular Tibetan master Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Enjoy the newsletter! |
A Selection of New Releases
 Natural Appearances, Natural Liberation Author(s) : Master Tam Shek-wing and with a foreword by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche Publishers Price : £17.95, Wisdom Price : £15.26, This commentary is based on the six bardos teachings from a series of hidden treasure texts known as the Profound Dharma of Natural Liberation through the intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones, discovered by the great terton Karma Lingpa. |
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 Author(s) : Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Publishers Price : £13.99, Wisdom Price : £9.51, New paperback edition. An extraordinary concise and insightful treatise on Buddhism's relevance, particularly for young people in today's global culture, written by a modern Tibetan... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Dalai Lama and translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins Publishers Price : £12.99, Wisdom Price : £9.09, The surest path to true happiness lies in being intimately concerned with the welfare of others. In this book the Dalai Lama reveals basic mistakes of attitude... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Pistono, Matteo Publishers Price : £10.99, Wisdom Price : £8.79, New paperback edition. Spiritual biography meets edge-of-your-seat undercover reporting : how an American Buddhist smuggled out hard evidence of Chinese abuse and torture in Tibet, while on a quest... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Wallace, B Allan Publishers Price : £13.99, Wisdom Price : £9.09, With his trademark enthusiasm, respected translator Alan Wallace introduces us here to one of the most cherished works of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, Dudjom Lingpa's Vajra Essence.... (more..) |
 Morals in the Life Story of the Buddha Author(s) : Knight, Margaret Lisa Publishers Price : £5.50, Wisdom Price : £5.23, This manual, for teachers and parents to teach moral values to children aged 8 and up, is a set of fully prepared lesson plans, making it easy to teach.Stories from the life of the Buddha are... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Pothecary, Paul Wisdom Price : £2.95 The ancient Indian city of Kosambi witnessed important events during the life time of the Buddha. The author has brought together the most important events that occurred in and around Kosambi to... (more..) |
 Treasury of the True Dharma Eye [2 Vols] Author(s) : Dogen, Eihei and translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi Publishers Price : £130.00, Wisdom Price : £119.60, A major new translation. Shobogenzo is a monumental work, considered to be one of the most profound expressions of Zen and also the most outstanding literary and... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Thich Nhat Hanh Publishers Price : £19.95, Wisdom Price : £14.56, This is Thich Nhat Hanh's timeless parable about the first Vietnamese Buddhist nun. It explores the four key aspects of love in the Buddhist tradition: loving kindness, compassion, joy, and freedom.... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Sujata, Victoria Publishers Price : £28.95, Wisdom Price : £21.71, These deeply personal, profound songs of realization by the great Nyingma yogi Shabkar Tshogdruk Rangdrol (1781-1851), composed in a simple yet richly poetic style, charm by their beauty and... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Tulku Thondup Publishers Price : £16.99, Wisdom Price : £11.55, A historical overview and detailed explanation of the phenomenon of incarnate enlightened beings, known as tulkus in Tibetan. A tulku, out of kindness for beings, is purposely born again and again... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Ram Dass Publishers Price : £12.99, Wisdom Price : £9.74, New paperback edition. Ram Dass, one of America's most beloved spiritual teachers, sparked a revolution forty years ago with the publication of Be Here Now. This landmark classic inspired a... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Kornfield, Jack Publishers Price : £19.99, Wisdom Price : £14.99, When the patb ahead is dark, how can we keep from stumbling? How do we make our way with courage and dignity? For anyone seeking answers during a time of trial, Jack Kornfield offers this book and... (more..) |
 Guide Through the Visuddhimagga Author(s) : Dhammaratana, U Wisdom Price : £2.95 Meditation is an essential part of Buddhist life and Buddhist meditation practices cannot be explained apart from the fundamental doctrines of Buddhism. Buddhaghosa, the author of the monumental... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Kumagai, Seiji Publishers Price : £19.95, Wisdom Price : £17.96, This is an innovative survey of the Madhyamika two truths theory as understood in the Bon religion, in comparison with Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophical schools.Since the 1960s the study... (more..) |
 Freedom Through Understanding [DVD] Author(s) : Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Publishers Price : £17.95, Wisdom Price : £16.16, In Lama Yeshe's and Lama Zopa's first trip to Europe in 1975 they offered a weekend seminar in London based on their famous month-long Kopan meditation courses. Preceded by... (more..) |
 Life, Death and After Death [DVD] Author(s) : Lama Thubten Yeshe Wisdom Price : £13.95 How to avoid fear at the time of dying, with an explanation of the various stages of the death process in the context of the Buddhist attitude to life.The essence of this book is a weekend... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Tai Situ Rinpoche Publishers Price : £19.95, Wisdom Price : £14.96, In 2009 at the request of the young incarnation of Kalu Rinpoche, Tai Situ Rinpoche conducted the transmission of the entire Shangpa Kagyu initiation and reading transmission at Palpung Sherab Ling.... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Flanagan, Owen Publishers Price : £19.95, Wisdom Price : £17.96, Can there be a Buddhism without karma, reincarnation and nirvana that is compatible with the rest of modern knowledge? If we are just material beings living in a material world - and scientific... (more..) |
 Collected Bodhi Leaf Publications [Vol 1] Author(s) : Buddhist Publication Society Wisdom Price : £9.00 This volume is a collection of the first 30 booklets from the renowned Bodhi Leaf series from Buddhist Publication Society in Sri Lanka, dealing with various aspects of Theravada... (more..) |
 Collected Bodhi Leaf Publications [Vol 3] Author(s) : Buddhist Publication Society Wisdom Price : £9.00 This volume is a collection of the second set of 29 booklets from the renowned Bodhi Leaf series from Buddhist Publication Society in Sri Lanka, dealing with various aspects of Theravada... (more..) |
 Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka Author(s) : Wei-Yi Cheng Publishers Price : £24.95, Wisdom Price : £19.96, New paperback edition. A comparative study based on fieldwork exploring the lives and thoughts of Buddhist nuns in present-day Taiwan and Sri Lanka. The author examines the postcolonial background... (more..) |
 Finding Wisdom in East Asian Classics Author(s) : De Bary, William Theodore Publishers Price : £20.50, Wisdom Price : £17.02, Eighteen preeminent scholars, including Burton Watson, Donald Keene and Haruo Shirane, guide readers through twenty-eight classic works of East Asian thought.The perfect companion to courses in... (more..) |
Current Bestselling Special Offers
 Creative Meditation and Visualization Author(s) : Fontana, David Publishers Price : £10.99, Wisdom Price : £3.74, Visualization - creating a picture of something in the mind using imagination - is one of the most important and underestimated powers of the human mind. The act of visualizing helps convey to the... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Levey, Joel and Michelle Levey Publishers Price : £11.50, Wisdom Price : £4.37, Time-tested antidotes to the stress of modern life. This one book by the authors of the Fine Arts of Relaxation, teaches five essential types of meditation and practices related with them. Drawing... (more..) |
A Selection of Forthcoming Titles Available for Pre-Order
 Author(s) : Nanamoli Bhikkhu and Buddhaghosa Wisdom Price : £13.50 Reprinting due Winter 2011. Considered to be the most important non-canonical work of Theravada Buddhism, this is both a systematic encyclopedia of Buddhist doctrine and a comprehensive guide to the... (more..) |
 Author(s) : Lama Thubten Zopa Publishers Price : £12.99, Wisdom Price : £11.04, Forthcoming due September 2011. Lama Zopa explains the cornerstone of Tibetan Buddhist practice - especially in relation to tantric practice - guru devotion, which is often misunderstood in the... (more..) |
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